ironica01

ironica01

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  1. Work From Home: Nurse Case Manager

    I was a cardiac/telemetry nurse when I started to work as a case manager in ED. I didn't have any experience in case management. But because I have 20+ experience in nursing and a MSN, I got the job....
  2. I am currently working as a UR/CM in ED in a trauma hospital and it's busy. I see alot of posted jobs looking for HEDIS nurse what's the difference between the
  3. New to Case Management-Any Advice?

    It's different and I have more responsibilities as a nurse. It's critical that you need to know what signs and symptoms, diagnosis that the payers and the CMS will accept based od their status...
  4. New to Case Management-Any Advice?

    Hi I just started in case ngt as well and im in my 6th week orientation already. Before I started i bought a book on case management and read alot. Milleman care guidelines and Interqual are new to me...
  5. chamberlain college of nursing offers 12 courses to complete their RN-BSN prgram but it is so much expensive ($465/credit) that's why I didn't take their program. at the hospital where I work, nurses...
  6. i am just confused. you said U of wyoming online charges $100/hour isn't it by credit? do you mean, once you go online for discussion, that's how they charge their students? please clarify.......
  7. Is this a HIPAA violation

    i'm surprised that girl still works in the hospital. nurse or not, she doesn't have the authority to look into other patient's info or talk about it outside of work. one nursing assistant who was...
  8. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    I don't think this warrants her termination from her job. I know 2 nurses who work with me. Both nurses have back issues too. Both are in pain med. the female is on percocet and the guy is on...
  9. Hospital interview tomorrow, what ?'s to ask?

    i was asked ; " where will you be in 5 years?" what is your long term plan? What qualities do you have to be part of our team? I answered, " Im planning to continue my studies, maybe take bridge...
  10. RN Program Prerequisites From Foreign Country

    You may get credits on these subjects too, depending on your LVN school. For RN, you will have to have at least a grade of C on each subject to get credits again, depending on your school. I know...
  11. california lvn pay scale

    My friend lives in the East coast and was an LPN. she started at 15/hr back in 1995 at LTC. she was able to get into an acute care hospital and started at 19/hr. now she's making 27/hr which is the...
  12. RN Program Prerequisites From Foreign Country

    you may get credits from social sciences, math and electives depending on your school. but you will have to take English courses no matter what. im talking through experience.
  13. yeah but that union is gone now. that's what USW
  14. I was not making a comment or stereotyping one nationality, what I was trying to stress is that the VP for nursing put down these Filipino nurses by saying, the contract was written in English and...
  15. I spoke to one of the Head nurses last night and told me that they would rather have us inside than the scab nurses cuz they are tired of showing them all the ropes on the floor all the time. once we...
  16. I agree. I have a few months contingency plan just in case this strike goes a long time. I just cannot imagine how angry the Filipino nurses were when they heard the VP of Nursing said '" maybe they...
  17. the union members worked so hard to put this proposal/contract together. they started asking members their concerns way back in February and met regularly to look into what is the most important...
  18. I don't agree with your statement," the hospital will never agree to hve their nurses to go to another facilities for their healthcare". They did before and any other insurance let you go to the...
  19. the hospital has insurance to cover the strike ( as their contingency plan), that means, the hospital is not really taking out any money out of their pockets. if we are going to vote in this contract,...
  20. what does "emergency procedure" mean? they have to clarify that because if this procedure is being done at RWJ, then you will still pay the penalty of $700 as supposed to $1,000. hence: "7. any...
  21. there is nothing much to it. it is the same as the one we rejected. they just added the clause, if the precedures and surgeries not offered at RWJ we can go to other hospital but what could that...
  22. i agree. even with the union the management still try to pull that crap of getting 7-8 patients and floating nurses twice a shift. our only defense is the
  23. I dont need the insurance either since my husband added me to his insurance after all the problems I went through with the RWJ health plan. However, I am picketing to support my fellow nurses and...
  24. Like I said I've been a nurse at RWJ for 8 years and never made the $42/hr which you are
  25. this is a blatant lie. How do you think will the nurses pass this information to patients without the admi. knowing? Actually, it was the hospital who passed along wrong info to their patients to...